Close-up of the pods on a ripe canola plant with the rest of the canola field blurred in the background.

Canadian canola prices hinge on rain forecast

Canola markets took a good hit during the week ending July 11, 2025, on the thought that the Canadian crop will yield well despite dry weather

Canola markets took a good hit during the week ending July 11, 2025, on the thought that the Canadian crop will yield well despite dry weather.

https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/photo/flags-royalty-free-image/173870672?phrase=Canadian%20U.S.%20flags&adppopup=true
An American and Canadian flag waving in the wind. Photo: KKIDD/IStock/Getty Images

Canola market finds upside as U.S.-Canada trade talks restart

Biofuels inclusion in U.S. “Big Beautiful Bill” thought to be a silver lining for Canadian canola in the first week of July

Biofuels inclusion in U.S. “Big Beautiful Bill” thought to be a silver lining for Canadian canola in the first week of July.



An air seeder rig seeds red lentils on a sunny day, with a number of pillowy white clouds in the sky, southeast of Delisle, Saskatchewan.

Prairie weather could mean higher prices

Lack of rainfall is putting some snap into new crop canola contracts

Growers in all three Prairie provinces are very likely to be finished seeding this week, however, the benefits of seeding crops weeks early may be cancelled out by another dry summer.




A canola field starting to bloom.

Canada’s canola supply grows tighter

Analysts say Agriculture Canada may have to cut its ending canola stocks estimate in half in response to booming exports

It is highly unusual to see a red number in the sea of black on Agriculture Canada’s monthly Grains and Oilseeds Supply and Disposition report.